Back to School Activities for the Beginning of the Year | First Day Jitters
Hollie Griffith
32.1k Followers
Grade Levels
1st - 2nd
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSSL.1.1
CCSSSL.1.1a
CCSSSL.1.1b
CCSSSL.1.1c
CCSSSL.2.1
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
65 pages
Hollie Griffith
32.1k Followers
What educators are saying
Great way to engage the students at the beginning of the school year and help them get to know each other.
This is a great resource for the beginning of the year. The students enjoyed starting the school year off with fun activities.
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This mega bundle of BACK TO SCHOOL activities is perfect for the first two weeks of school. It includes community builders, get to know you activities, ice breakers, games, bulletin board ideas, crafts, back to school friendship bracelets, school expectation activities, book companions, and SO MUCHPrice $40.95Original Price $58.50Save $17.55
Description
Kick off the new school year with this fun filled activity pack. It is jam packed with crafts, writing activities, and SO MUCH MORE!!! Your students will have a blast exploring the classroom, getting to know their new friends and teachers, and making an adorable backpack to hold FIVE different writing pieces and crafts. The unit ends with a day of Slime and Playdough FUN!
Included in this unit:
- First Day Jitters Activities
- Jitter Juice Graph
- This is a picture of me...
- 1st Graders/2nd Graders Can/Have/Are and Venn Diagram activity to compare 1st graders to kindergartners or 2nd graders to 1st graders
- All about me writing activity and crayon box craft
- All about my teacher writing activity
- Me/My teacher (Compare & Contrast)
- Find a friend who...
- My new friend is a “cut” above the rest writing activity and craft
- Classroom scavenger hunt
- My classroom ROCKS!
- My summer was sizzling!
- We’re stickin’ to the classroom RULES. Students write the rules and make a glue bottle craft.
- The “highlight” of my day/week was... Writing activity and craft
- My tools for a successful year: Backpack Craft (Use to hold all crafts)
- Making Playdough (ingredients, directions, pictures, Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School (Making Connections), BME Foldover
Making Slime (ingredients, directions, pictures, how to writing
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Activity Suggestions
**This product is now bundled!!! You can purchase three of my favorite back to school author studies and activities and save 20%!!!***
Total Pages
65 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSSL.1.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSSSL.1.1a
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSSSL.1.1b
Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
CCSSSL.1.1c
Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
CCSSSL.2.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
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